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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 330 hectares, lies mainly on Jurassic Clay between 85 m. and 125 m. above OD but the higher S.E. corner is on Northampton Sand and part of the W. is overlaid by glacial sands and gravels. In medieval times Althorp was part of Brington …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY Agriculture Open Fields and Commons Alwoldsbury's field or fields were mentioned in 12467. 1 No later references have been found and, since a grant of arable and meadow in 1351 lay 'in Alwoldsbury and Alvescot', 2 the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Alvescot lies 6 miles (9.7 km) south-west of Witney and 15 miles (24 km) west of Oxford, on gently rising ground … medieval settlements of Bromscott, Pemscott, Alwoldsbury, and Puttes, which were all deserted during the later Middle Ages, and which are treated in the following account. In 1881 the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Alvescot Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES In the late Anglo-Saxon period all or part … later parish was divided among three manors of between 2 and 4 hides each, which became merged into a single Alvescot …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was not well endowed, attracting few prominent careerists, and some medieval rectors were apparently local men who … ibid. MS Wills Oxon. 184, f. 107v.; ibid. PAR 6/1/R 1/2, notes inside back cover. D&C Exeter, MSS 51001. Valor Eccl. … of 1980 and 1985. Ibid. PAR 6/1/R 1/13, incl. a few notes and transcripts from 1597. Reg. M. Parker (Cant. & York …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… removed from the Forest by a perambulation made in 1300 and confirmed in 1327. 4 Alvington parish contained 1,582 a. … partic. 1805; cf. below, church. Glos. R.O., D 421/L 4, notes of Mr. Neville's case (deposition of John Maddocks). … 33/384; Smith, Men and Armour, 58. Glos. R.O., D 421/L 4, notes of Mr. Neville's case (deposition of John Maddocks). …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… of medical practice 1597-1619 Address Barbican 1607 Other notes Trouble 1607 1609. Known London address Barbican Parish …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… burns with an agreeable odour, often entombs insects etc., and when rubbed becomes notably electric. It was used in JEWELLERY such as BEADs and NECKLACEs, but also for many other luxury artefacts; one … offering knives hafted with amber, as well as amber SPOONS and amber necklaces [Inventories (1671)]. Amber was for …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… without Temple Bar, which was both a nobleman's house and without the liberties of London; also stating in reply to … importance, both for the management of the river and the service of the markets, and as two reversions had been already granted to honest men …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Stourbridge, S. division of the hundred of Seisdon and of the county of Stafford, a mile (N.) from Stourbridge; … It is situated on the north side of the small river Stour, and comprises about 600 acres, whereof the surface is … There are fire-clay pits, clayworks, glass-houses, and iron-works, of which last those of James Foster, Esq., of …